DETROIT-Chrysler earned a $239 million operating profit from July through September. After three consecutive quarterly operating profits, CEO Sergio Marchionne estimated Chrysler will show an operating profit of about $700 million for all of 2010. MORE
DETROIT-The National Labor Relations Board is investigating the United Auto Workers handling of a controversial contract change that left many workers facing pay cuts next year at GM’s assembly plant in Orion Township. MORE
AUSTIN, TX-On-X Life Technologies Inc., which makes prosthetic heart valves and carbon products for orthopedic implants, unveiled a new 40,000-square-foot assembly plant here. The new facility is about double the size of its former home. MORE
MELBOURNE, FL-Jet manufacturer Embraer has nearly finished construction of its new assembly plant here. The new facility will employ about 200 people. MORE
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA-An electrical short in a wall outlet led to the Friday night evacuation of Sage Manufacturing’s rod-and-reel assembly plant here. MORE
WASHINGTON-The economy generated a net gain in jobs for the first time in five months in October, as businesses stepped up their painfully slow pace of hiring. The Labor Department said Friday its survey of employers showed a net gain of 151,000 jobs last month, the first increase since May. MORE
SAVANNAH, GA-Of the 2,000 skid steers and compact track loaders JCB expects to produce next year at its assembly plant here, some 800 will be designated for export. MORE
ANN ARBOR, MI-North American robotics companies reported strong gains in the first nine months of 2010, according to the Robotic Industries Association. A total of 9,628 robots valued at $618.4 million were ordered through September, a gain of 34 percent in units and 45 percent in dollars over the same period in 2009. MORE
MURFREESBORO, TN-NHK Seating of America Inc. broke ground here Thursday for a $54 million assembly plant that is expected to employ some 224 workers. MORE
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